Year: 2012
MTN Introduces Software For Microfinance Banks
As part of efforts to improve microfinance banking in Nigeria, MTN has introduced an innovative micro-bank software called MTN XaaS,…
Nokia Partners Airtel On New Smartphones
Leading phone manufacturer, Nokia, in partnership with Airtel Nigeria, has embarked on a special consumer promotion for the new Nokia…
Safeguard Launches ‘Doctors On Wheels’
As part of activities to commemorate the 2012 Global Hand Washing Day (GHWD), Safeguard anti-bacterial soap has launched the Safeguard…
LASG To Harvest Farm Produce From 10,000 Hectares Of Land
The Lagos State Government is to harvest farm produce from 10,000 hectares of land it acquired in other states before…
Tuface, Others Dazzle As Felabration Ends
Hip hop artiste, Tuface Idibia put up a spectacular performance as the 2012 edition of Felabration ended at the weekend.…
Crude oil prices falling
Crude oil prices eased on Tuesday, extending a recent move downward as a weak demand outlook amid poor US company…
Shell declares force majeure on Nigeria’s exports
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Tuesday it may not meet contractual obligations on certain exports from Nigeria because of theft…
China fires back at Obama, Romney
Beijing has urged the US presidential candidates to refrain from inflaming tensions with China after President Barack Obama and challenger…
Doctor charged with plotting to poison President Yayi
The West African nation of Benin has charged three suspects accused of plotting to poison President Thomas Boni Yayi, the…
Group Accuses MTN, 2 Others Of Anti-Competitive Conduct
Consumers Empowerment Organisation of Nigeria (CEON), a consumer advocacy group, has petitioned the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alleging anti-competitive conducts…
Shoprite To Open New Outlet
Shoprite, a South African multipurpose retail store group, has concluded plans to unveil a new outlet in Ilorin, the Kwara…
EFCC arrests 5 over money laundering violations
The Managing Director of Zenith Properties Limited, Maitama Abuja, Mr. Ifobiya Oloruntoba Seyi and the Credit Controller of Exclusive Stores,…
Lagos new airport terminal costs N648m
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The remodelling of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, cost Nigeria’s Federal Government N648…
Phone Hacking: Ex-England Coach Eriksson sues Mirror
Former England coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson and three others have sued the publisher of Daily Mirror over alleged phone hacking. The…
Lagos Assembly Considers Total Ban On Okada
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it may be forced to pass a new law to…
Hi-tech exam cheating in Bangladesh
Exam cheats in Bangladesh have been caught receiving answers on mobile phones disguised as wrist watches, police said on Tuesday…
Obama pummels Romney in last debate
BOCA RATON,Florida (AFP) – Barack Obama pummeled Mitt Romney as “all over the map” on foreign policy, dismissing his “wrong…
Globe and Mail starts charging for online news
Canada’s national daily, The Globe and Mail, on Monday began charging readers a Can$20 monthly subscription to access news on…
Nicon Insurance, 43 others sue FIRS
NICON Insurance Company Plc and 43 others on Monday in Abuja, dragged the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the…
Motorcyclist gets death sentence for robbery
A Nigerian High court in the central city of Makurdi, Benue State on Monday sentenced a 27 year-old man, Oloche…
Soldiers arrest vessels with N11billion illegal diesel
The Joint Task Force (JTF) operating in the Niger Delta said on Monday that it arrested two suspected vessels, with…
China protests killing of national in Nigeria
China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and…
Oshiomhole urges Mimiko to reach out to poll rivals
Ondo Election: Oshiomhole Wants Mimiko To Reach Out To Akeredolu, Oke JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has…
Director Docked Over Breach of Federal Character
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Director General of the National Centre for Technology Management, Dr. Willie Siyanbola, on Monday in…
Court Closes Akingbola’s Defence
Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Ikeja High Court today ordered the embattled former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, (now Access Bank…
Chimamanda set to release third novel
NEHRU ODEH Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning Nigerian writer who shot to prominence with her novels, Purple Hibiscus and Half…
Bloody Monday In Ogun As Robbers Kill 5 Cops, 2 Others
It was a bloody Monday in Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria as at least five policemen and two civilians were killed in…
Absence Of Witness Stalls Suspected Wife Killer’s Trial
The trial of Akolade Arowolo over the murder of his wife, a former Skye Bank staff, Titilayo Omozoje, could not continue…
Aviation: Storm Over Ethnic Agenda
A wave of appointments in the Ministry of Aviation attracts suspicious stares to Ms. Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation, who…
Complaints Against Oduah Baseless
Joe Obi is the Special Assistant (Media) to Princess Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation. In this email response to questions…